Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of coral biochemistry that reveal with unprecedented detail the distribution of compounds that are integral ...
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Why coral reefs are key to a healthy planet
The Living Architecture of Our Oceans " These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete ...
Reef-building coral may feed more efficiently by using tiny hair-like structures to generate food-carrying conveyer belts in the water running across their surface. Corals that form reefs consist of ...
Bright green and yellow fronds wave in the ocean current as schools of neon-colored fish dart around purple knobs and blobs. Welcome to the coral reef! Coral reefs are amazing and important natural ...
Anne Staples. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech. Nearly 75 percent of the world’s coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures and local human activity, said Anne Staples, an associate ...
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